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Phillip Cecil Bell

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Portrait, Phillip Bell, taken in Suva in February 1942 (kindly provided by family). - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Phillip Bell, taken in Suva in February 1942 (kindly provided by family). - This image may …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Phillip Cecil AWMM
  • Surname
    Bell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    71503 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Congregational, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 September 1909 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM 56 Moana Avenue, Kelburn, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM 56 Moana Avenue, Kelburn, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr F. Bell (father), Surfdale, Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mr F. Bell (father), Surfdale, Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 01 Jul 1942-31 December 1942 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Leukemia AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Gwendoline Joyce Green (72135) who also served during World War II as a nurse in the New Zealand Army Nursing Service (NZANS). AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    12 March 1951 AWMM
    Age 42 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: 13 March 1951 (approx) AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 7 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1942 to 31st March, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 7: WW2 15 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 9: WW2 29 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Nominal Rolls - Embarkation N-Force [Norfolk Force Embarkation Rolls], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1428 (R22440218) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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